ARIN'spost 1995

Selasa, 10 April 2012

INTRODUCTION
Good evening. Ladies and Gentlemen, a warm
welcome to you all to this cocktail reception organised
by the Office of the Telecommunications Authority
(OFTA).

Body: explaining who
the speaker is
A quick word about tonight's programme: We
shall begin with a talk by our honourable speaker,
Professor Richard Whish, from London. This will be
followed by a short question-and-answer session, when
you will be free to exchange ideas with the professor. At
about 8 o'clock tonight when the talk concludes, the
cocktail reception will resume, and we have arranged
more refreshments outside for you. Since the professor
is catching his fl ight home tonight, much as we would
like to have him here longer with us, we'd have to make
sure that he can be allowed to leave the venue by 8:30

Body: explaining what
the programme is
As you may be well aware, this reception has
been organised to mark the closing of an in-house
seminar organised by OFTA on the application of
competition law and policy to the Hong Kong
telecommunications sector. This 5-day in-house
seminar actually started last week and today is the last
day.

Phrasal verbs are usually two-word
phrases consisting of verb + adverb or verb + preposition. Think
of them as you would any other English vocabulary. Study them as you come
across them, rather than trying to memorize many at once. Use the list below as
a reference guide when you find an expression that you don't recognize. The
examples will help you understand the meanings. If you think of each phrasal
verb as a separate verb with a specific meaning, you will be able to remember
it more easily. Like many other verbs, phrasal verbs often have more than one
meaning.

A phrasal verb consists of a verb and a preposition
or adverb that
modifies or changes the meaning; 'give up' is a phrasal verb that means 'stop
doing' something, which is very different from 'give'. The word or words that
modify a verb in this manner can also go under the name particle.

Intransitive
verbs
These don't take an object
They had an argument, but they've made up now.Inseparable verbs
The object must
come after the particle.
They are looking after their grandchildren.Separable verbs
With some separable verbs, the object must come between the verb and the
particle:
The quality of their work sets them apart from their rivals.

One beautiful summer's day, a duckdecided to go to the river for a picnic.She took a lot of food with her, and wasreally looking forward to eating it. Shesat down on the river bank and spreadthe food out in front of her."You're not going to eat all that foodyourself, are you?" said a small voice.She looked up and saw a frogsitting at the water's edge.
Please give me some of it. I am verypoor and very hungry, " pleaded thefrog, wiping a tear from his eye.She gave him a sandwich. To hersurprise he did not eat it, but simply putit on the ground beside him."Won't you give me something else?After all, my need is greater than yours."Bit by bit, the kind-hearted duckhanded over most of her food: cakesand biscuits, apples and sweets. Soon,the frog had a huge pile of food next tohim. With an effort he picked it all up,put it on his back, and started to swimaway across the river. But the food wasso heavy that he sank like a stone, andthe duck never saw him again.Taken from Cassell's Student's English Grammar